Fifty Shades Freed is a 2018 American erotic romantic drama film directed by James Foley and written by Niall Leonard, based on the novel of the same name by E. L. James. It is the third and final installment in the Fifty Shades film series after Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) and Fifty Shades Darker (2017). The film stars Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan as Anastasia Steele and Christian Grey, respectively, and follows the newlywed couple as they must deal with the sins of their past when Ana's former boss (Eric Johnson) begins to stalk her.
Principal photography on Fifty Shades Freed began simultaneously with Darker in February 2016 in Paris and Vancouver. The film was released in the United States on February 9, 2018; it had a limited IMAX release. It has grossed $137 million worldwide and, like its previous two predecessors, received negative reviews, with criticism aimed at its screenplay and performances.
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Plot
Newlyweds Christian Grey and Anastasia 'Ana' Steele cut short their exotic honeymoon and return to Seattle after receiving news of a break-in at Christian's corporate headquarters. Some computer files were stolen, and security camera tapes identify the perpetrator as Jack Hyde, Ana's former boss who was fired for sexual assault. Meanwhile, Ana is introduced to her new personal security team.
Christian surprises Ana with a new house and has hired architect Gia Matteo to rebuild it. Ana is dismayed when Gia, an attractive young woman, openly flirts with Christian in Ana's presence. Ana privately threatens to dismiss Gia if she continues her flirtatious behavior, forcing her to stop.
When Christian is away on a business trip, Ana disregards his wishes that she stay at home, and goes out for a drink with her friend, Kate Kavanagh. Kate, who is dating Christian's older brother, Elliot, confides to Ana that their relationship may be fizzling; Elliot is working closely with Gia, the architect, and Kate is suspicious about their relationship. When Ana returns home, she encounters Jack Hyde, who holds her hostage and attempts to kidnap her. Ana's security team subdue him and he is arrested. After an argument with Christian about her having sneaked out to see Kate, Ana berates Christian for being overly controlling and possessive and demands more freedom. Soon after, Christian surprises Ana with a trip to Aspen, bringing along Kate, Elliot, Mia, and José.
Christian and Ana continue with their erotic sexual experimentation, but matters become complicated when Ana announces she is pregnant. Christian is deeply disturbed, saying he had other plans for their early years together. He leaves, going on a night-long drunken bender. The next day, Ana discovers that Christian had recently contacted his ex-lover and former BDSM dominant, Elena Lincoln. Meanwhile, Jack Hyde is released on a $500,000 bail.
After some days, mayhem erupts when Jack Hyde phones Ana demanding a ransom for Mia, Christian's abducted sister. Hyde demands $5,000,000 in cash in two hours or Mia will be killed. He warns Ana to tell no one and to bring the money alone. Ana takes some cash and a revolver from the house safe, then goes to the bank to withdraw the full amount. The suspicious bank manager calls Christian. He thinks Ana is leaving him but then notes the coincidence of Hyde's recent release and Ana's sudden large cash withdrawal. Hyde instructs Ana to get into a car parked in the alley and to hand over her phone to the driver to discard. Ana tricks Hyde by taking the bank manager's phone. She exits the back entrance to discover that the driver and Jack's accomplice is her co-worker, Liz. She is the woman who drove the car that chased them down.
Ana arrives at the drop-off site with the money. Hyde, psychotic and vengeful, attacks Ana, kicking her in the abdomen. Liz tries to stop Jack as Ana pulls out the revolver and shoots Hyde in the leg. Christian and his security team, who electronically tracked Ana's cell phone, arrive and apprehend Hyde and Liz. Ana blacks out as she hears Christian calling her.
Ana awakens three days later in the hospital with Christian at her side. Though angry at Ana's recklessness and still anxious about fatherhood, Christian realizes how important their baby is to her, and they reconcile. Christian's adoptive mother, Grace, convinces Christian that Ana will not leave him. Ana returns home the next day. Christian's private investigator, Welch, reports that Christian and Hyde shared the same foster family. It is also learned that Hyde blackmailed Liz into being his accomplice. Christian and Ana later locate where Christian's birth mother is buried; they visit and Christian lays flowers on her grave.
Two years later, Christian and Ana, now pregnant with their second child, play with their son in their yard of their mansion.
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Cast
- Dakota Johnson as Anastasia 'Ana' Steele-Grey
- Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey
- Eric Johnson as Jack Hyde, Ana's former boss and stalker
- Eloise Mumford as Katherine Kavanagh, Ana's best friend and Elliot Grey's fiancée
- Rita Ora as Mia Grey, adoptive daughter of Carrick Grey and Dr. Grace Trevelyan Grey and younger sister of Christian and Elliot Grey
- Luke Grimes as Elliot Grey, younger brother of Christian and Mia Grey and Katherine's fiancée
- Victor Rasuk as José Rodriguez, one of Anastasia's friends
- Max Martini as Jason Taylor, Christian's bodyguard
- Jennifer Ehle as Carla May Wilks, Anastasia's mother.
- Marcia Gay Harden as Grace Trevelyan Grey, Christian's adoptive mother
- Bruce Altman as Jerry Roach
- Arielle Kebbel as Gia Matteo, the architect recommended by Elliot Grey to design Anastasia and Christian's future home
- Callum Keith Rennie as Ray, Anastasia's former stepfather
- Robinne Lee as Ros Bailey, Christian's second in command
- Brant Daugherty as Luke Sawyer, Ana's bodyguard
- Fay Masterson as Gail Jones, Christian's housekeeper
- Amy Price-Francis as Liz Morgan, Jack's accomplice
- Ashleigh LaThrop as Hannah, Ana's co-worker and friend
- Tyler Hoechlin as Boyce Fox, popular author whose books are published by SIP.
- Hiro Kanagawa as Detective Clark
Production
A film adaptation of the first book was produced by Michael De Luca Productions, with Universal Pictures and Focus Features securing the rights to the trilogy in March 2012. At a fan screening in New York City on February 6, director Sam Taylor-Johnson announced that the book sequels Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed would also be adapted, with the first to be released in 2016. Right after the announcement, Taylor-Johnson told Digital Spy that, "It's not my decision [to return], and I haven't been privy to any of the discussions." On November 12, 2015, TheWrap confirmed that James Foley would direct both sequels which would be shot back-to-back in 2016, with Niall Leonard writing the script and Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti returning to produce along with E. L. James and Marcus Viscidi. Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan would also return for lead roles. On February 8, 2016, Arielle Kebbel was cast in the film to play Gia Matteo, a beautiful architect who is hired by Christian to build his home. On February 12, 2016, Eric Johnson was cast to play Jack Hyde, Ana's boss at SIP and stalker. On February 20, 2016, Brant Daugherty signed on to play Sawyer, the personal body guard for Anastasia Steele.
Filming
In November 2015, Universal Studios announced that Fifty Shades Darker and this film would be shot back-to-back with principal photography scheduled to commence in early 2016. Filming began in Paris and Vancouver from February 9, 2016, to July 12, 2016, under the working title, "Further Adventures of Max and Banks 2 & 3."
Release
Fifty Shades Freed is scheduled to be released on February 9, 2018, by Universal Pictures. A teaser trailer was released on September 10, 2017, with a theatrical trailer being released later on November 6.
Music
The lead single from the film's soundtrack, "For You" performed by Rita Ora and Liam Payne, was released on January 5, 2018. The soundtrack's track list was released on January 8, 2018, including artists Julia Michaels, Sia, Jessie J, Black Atlass, Ellie Goulding, Hailee Steinfeld, Dua Lipa, and Miike Snow on the 22-song album.
Reception
Box office
As of February 11, 2018, Fifty Shades Freed has grossed $38.8 million in the United States and Canada, and $98.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $136.9 million, against a production budget of $55 million.
In the United States and Canada, Fifty Shades Freed was released alongside Peter Rabbit and The 15:17 to Paris, and was projected to gross $37-40 million from 3,700 theaters in its opening weekend. It made $5.6 million from Thursday night previews, down 2% from the $5.7 million made by Darker the previous year. It ended up making $38.8 million over the weekend, the lowest of the trilogy but still enough to take first place at the box office.
Worldwide, the film was expected to make $80-90 million from 57 countries, including France, Germany, the UK, Australia, Brazil, Mexico and Japan, in its first three days for a worldwide debut of $113-130 million. It ended up grossing $98.1 million from overseas for global debut of $136.9 million; it marked a 7% decrease from the previous film but still finished first in 54 of the 57 markets. Its leading countries were Germany ($10.7 million), the United Kingdom ($8.8 million) and France ($8.7 million).
Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 11% based on 102 reviews, and an average rating of 3.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Fifty Shades Freed brings its titillating trilogy to a clumsy conclusion, making for a film franchise that adds up to a distinctly dissatisfying ménage à trois." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 32 out of 100 based on 38 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale, the same score earned by Darker, while comScore reported that 56% of females (who made up 81% of the opening weekend) gave the film a "definite recommend".
Writing for Variety, Guy Lodge was critical of the film, saying "Indeed, a sex-free, PG-13 version of Freed could be cut without shedding a second of narrative coherence, such as it is; one could ask what the point of that would be, though similar queries might be leveled at the film as it stands." Rolling Stone's Peter Travers gave the film zero out of four, stating "With this last entry, we have officially hit the bottom of the barrel. Whips, chains, butt plugs and nipple clips are nothing compared to the sheer torture of watching this movie." Robbie Collins from The Telegraph gave the film one out of five stars, and wrote "This is a film in which one of the more emotionally detailed performances is given by a product-placement Audi."
Jeannette Catsoulis writing for The New York Times found the film to be significantly inferior to Kim Basinger's 9½ Weeks stating: "Layering a damp-squib thriller subplot beneath what appears to be an ad campaign for the one-percent lifestyle, the returning director and screenwriter test the newly married couple with an inconvenient pregnancy and an unconvincing car chase. There's an out-of-left-field abduction and a marital tiff over email addresses; but these narrative fragments, lazily tossed together alongside a neglected supporting cast, are no more than a flimsy causeway connecting bonking sessions."
Conversely, IndieWire reviewer Manuela Lazic gave the film three out of four stars, saying "Finally, the Fifty Shades phenomenon has yielded a disarming comedy that makes this ridiculous material fun to watch."
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